Meta is extensively anticipated to disclose the Quest 3S headset subsequent week in the course of the Meta Join occasion. The corporate goals to introduce a brand new headset with combined actuality capabilities just like Quest 3, however at a less expensive worth. An obvious leak suggests the headset could possibly be its most reasonably priced but.
In line with Reddit consumer Vast_Front259, an Amazon advert seen on the Peacock streaming service reveals the Quest 3S with 128GB of storage priced at simply $300. This comes earlier than the headset has been formally introduced, which might imply the advert aired forward of schedule.
Whereas the advert seems respectable, the Reddit consumer in query doesn’t have a robust account historical past. The video that performs earlier than the value is a beforehand launched advert that solely reveals the Quest 3 within the video itself. So we stay considerably skeptical, however nothing about this leak is basically implausible.
If Quest 3S is priced at $300, it will be essentially the most reasonably priced Quest headset but.
The unique Quest headset was launched in 2019 for $400.
And whereas Quest 2 truly launched at $300, Quest 3S is predicted to run on a more recent processor and have combined actuality capabilities which can be a lot nearer to Quest 3—and it ought to run upcoming Quest 3 ‘unique’ content material that Quest 2 can’t. So Meta has by no means supplied a headset with such capabilities and efficiency at this worth.
And let’s not overlook about inflation. Quest 2 launched in late 2020 at $300. If Quest 3S is certainly priced at $300 in 2024, that will be simply $250 in 2020.
Quest 3 launched in late 2023 for $500. And whereas it’s clearly Meta’s finest Quest headset but, the value and lack of killer apps for its combined actuality capabilities gave it much less traction than it might need had in any other case. So far as we all know, Quest 3 nonetheless hasn’t outsold the way more reasonably priced Quest 2.
At $300, Quest 3S might lastly hit the value level wanted to deliver Meta’s combined actuality options to the vast majority of Quest customers—lastly giving builders extra incentive to construct wealthy combined actuality content material.
